Rationale and design of a prospective, observational study for the QUantitative EStimation of Thrombus burden in patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction using micro-computed tomography: the QUEST-STEMI trial

Rationale and design of a prospective, observational study for the QUantitative EStimation of Thrombus burden in patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction using micro-computed tomography: the QUEST-STEMI trial

Abstract Background Although the presence of thrombus in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has been linked to adverse outcomes, routine thrombus aspiration has not been proven effective. A potential explanation is that these patients should be risk-stratified. Traditional clin...

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Main Authors: Efstratios Karagiannidis, Nikolaos V. Konstantinidis, Georgios Sofidis, Evangelia Chatzinikolaou, Georgios Sianos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Thrombus
Thrombus aspiration
Micro-computed tomography
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Interventional cardiology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-020-01393-5

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